Day 4 - St.Andrews, Cairngorm , Tomintoul
We had chosen to stay at Lathones as it was close to St.Andrews, the birthplace of Golf. While my husband and I are not golfers, I had been introduced to Golf by General Koshi. He had designed the golf course in Cochin and had given me an afternoon tour of the CIAL golf course . He himself was awed by was this golf course. "The place where Uncle had always wanted to play Golf was at the place where Golf started - The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, the oldest and most prestigious golf club in the world. But to play there, one must write in with the handicap certificate and desired date of play. Then a lot is taken of the chosen candidates. Thankfully, a tea planter from Scotland, with tea estate in India, was Uncle's friend and happened to be a club member. Thus, Uncle got to play at the Home of Golf." Since then I had wanted to visit this place. While charting this trip I had deleted many places from my list....but not St.Andrews. It was a cold morni...